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* [[1 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]], launching [[Season 9]], and marking the first major appearance of the [[Dalek]]s since ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' in [[1967]].
* [[1 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]], launching [[season 9]].
* 1 - Actor [[Neve McIntosh]] was born.
* [[8 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 2 debuted on BBC1.
* [[8 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 3 debuted on BBC1.
* 08 - Actor [[Hamilton Dyce]] died.
* [[22 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 debuted on BBC1.
* [[15 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 January]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 1 debuted on BBC1.
* [[22 January]] - ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[5 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 2 debuted on BBC1.
* [[25 January]] - An up-and-coming named [[Tom Baker]] made his American TV debut with an appearance on ''The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson'', promoting his film ''Nicholas and Alexandra''. In retrospect, this was the first known appearance of any Doctor actor on a major American TV programme (discounting appearances on UK-produced shows like ''The Avengers'' and ''Danger Man'' that aired in the US).
* [[12 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 3 debuted on BBC1.
* [[29 January]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]]. A notable member of the cast was [[David Troughton]], son of [[Second Doctor]] actor [[Patrick Troughton]]; the younger Troughton continued his involvement in the franchise into the [[21st century]].
* [[19 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 4 debuted on BBC1.
* [[5 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[26 February]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 1 debuted on BBC1.
* [[12 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 2 debuted on BBC1.
* [[19 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[11 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 3 debuted on BBC1.
* [[26 February]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 4 debuted on BBC1.
* [[4 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[25 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 5 debuted on BBC1.
* [[6 March]] - Director [[Julian Simpson]] was born.
* [[1 April]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 6 debuted on BBC1.
* [[11 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 1 debuted on BBC1.
* [[14 March]] - Actor [[Ben Jones]] was born.
* [[15 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 2 debuted on BBC1.
* [[18 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 April]] - The first edition of ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was first published by [[Piccolo Books]]. Written by [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]], this was the first nonfiction work about the series, and predated Dicks' and Hulke's later contributions to the [[Target Books]] line. The book was later published in a revised edition by Target in [[1976]].
* [[25 March]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 5 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 3 debuted on BBC1.
* [[1 April]] - ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 6 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 4 debuted on BBC1.
* [[8 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 May]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 5 debuted on BBC1.
* [[14 April]] - Actor [[Alan Ruscoe]] was born.
* [[13 May]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 6 debuted on BBC1.
* [[15 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 May]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 1 debuted on BBC1.
* [[20 April]] - The first edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was first published by [[Piccolo Books]]. Written by [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]], this was the first nonfiction work about the series, and predated Dicks' and Hulke's later contributions to the [[Target Books]] line. The book was later published in a revised edition by Target in [[1976]].
* [[27 May]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 2 debuted on BBC1.
* [[22 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 3 debuted on BBC1.
* [[29 April]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 4 debuted on BBC1.
* [[6 May]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 5 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 5 debuted on BBC1.
* [[7 May]] - Writer [[Jonathan Blum]] was born.
* [[24 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 6 debuted on BBC1, concluding the 9th season.
* [[9 May]] - Actor [[Anna-Louise Plowman]] was born.
* After [[1971 (production)|missing the 1972 edition]], [[World Distributors (Manchester), Ltd|World Distributors]] published [[Doctor Who Annual 1973]].
* [[13 May]] - ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' Episode 6 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 May]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[27 May]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 May]] - Actor [[Kate Ashfield]] was born.
* [[3 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 5 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 17 - Actor [[Antonio D. Charity]] was born.
* [[24 June]] - ''[[The Time Monster]]'' Episode 6 debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding the 9th season.
* [[5 July]] - Actor [[Nia Roberts]] was born.
* [[10 July]] - Actor [[Emrys Jones]] died.
* [[26 July]] - Actor [[Spencer Wilding]] was born.
* After missing the 1972 edition, World Distributors published [[Doctor Who Annual 1973]]. Beginning this year each book included the year in the title (always the year after publication).
* [[17 September]] - Actor [[Peter Stephens]] died.
* [[24 September]] - Actor [[Kate Fleetwood]] was born.
* [[4 October]] - Actor [[Colin Gordon]] died.
* [[22 October]] - Actor [[Jack Melford]] died.
* [[30 October]] - Actor [[Jessica Hynes]] was born.
* [[10 November]] - [[Incidental music]] composer [[Francis Chagrin]] died.
* "[[Who is the Doctor|Who is the Doctor?]]", a rock version of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] with spoken lyrics performed by [[Jon Pertwee]], was first released on Purple Records in the UK.
* "[[Who is the Doctor|Who is the Doctor?]]", a rock version of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] with spoken lyrics performed by [[Jon Pertwee]], was first released on Purple Records in the UK.
* [[30 December]] - ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]], launching ''Doctor Who's'' [[Season 10|10th season]]. [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]] and (in a much-reduced role due to ill-health) [[William Hartnell]] as the [[First Doctor]] returned for this story, which celebrated the tenth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* [[30 December]] - ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' Episode 1 debuted on BBC1, launching ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s [[Season 10|tenth season]]. Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s returned for this story, which celebrated the tenth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
 
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* Actor [[Shaun Dingwall]] was born.
 
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1972 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 1972
20th century | 1970s
1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978
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In 1972, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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